Sugar Would Not Eat It by Emily Jenkins

Like children everywhere, Sugar the cat refuses to eat food she doesn’t like!

All children have heard their parents try to threaten, cajole, and guilt them into eating their vegetables. And it’s no different for Leo’s new cat, Sugar. She’s hungry, but when Leo generously gives her his last piece of birthday cake, Sugar will not eat it. Leo finally gives up. He fixes himself a chicken sandwich and some milk. Suddenly, guess who is up on the counter, nibbling at Leo’s sandwich?

Features a great cast of neighborhood characters—each with their own tidbit of advice—that is also the perfect tool for parents to use with children to talk about food.

Emily Jenkins is the author of the recently published Toy Dance Party, and Toys Go Out, which received three starred reviews and was an ALA-ALSC Notable Childrens Book. You can visit her on the Web at http://emilyjenkins.com/kidsbooks.html. She lives in Brooklyn.Giselle Potters most recent book is Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field, called a mesmerizing bedtime book (Booklist). You can visit her on the Web at www.gisellepotter.com. She lives in Kingston, New York.

Unrated Critic Reviews for Sugar Would Not Eat It

Kirkus Reviews

The standoff between Leo and Sugar is reinforced by repetition of the phrase “But Sugar would not eat it,” rendered in large, bold typeface, while unusual perspectives and hot, bright colors create visual tension.

Publishers Weekly

“It took me two hours to bake this cake, and another hour to do the frosting roses,” he kvetches to Sugar, after Jimmy the coffee-cart guy suggests a guilt trip: “All that, and now you're not interested?” While Sugar's lack of affect is well served by Potter's (The Boy Who Loved Words ) flat, naï...